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Shabbat Sermon: Rich Strike with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Published: May 14, 2022, 5:48 p.m.

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Last Shabbat an event of great importance happened: the Kentucky Derby and the unexpected, unlikely, implausible victory of a horse named Rich Strike. It is a double miracle underdog story.

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As of the day before the big race, Rich Strike was not even supposed to be racing. At the last minute, because another horse that had been scheduled to race was a last-minute scratch, Rich Strike was the last horse to enter the field.

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And Rich Strike was an 80 to 1 underdog. That made his upset victory the greatest upset victory since 1913.

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